One of the popular hits of our medical student days. Click on the link below to hear it.
'I love you because ...' – Jim Reeves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1rFiMlhrKA&feature=relatedThis blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.
One of the popular hits of our medical student days. Click on the link below to hear it.
'I love you because ...' – Jim Reeves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1rFiMlhrKA&feature=relatedLily Marlene was a popular song among all parties in the conflict during the Second World War. The original was German. There are English, Spanish, Italian and Russian versions. It is a beautiful and catchy melody. Click on each of the following web-sites to hear different versions. I hope you enjoy listening to them. This was popular during our Medical Student days in the early 1960s.
Philip G V
Karaoke German – Spanish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
First recording Melody only
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Lale Anderson – First recording German.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
English soldiers version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Later English version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Two versions of 'Away in a manger'. Click on each of the links below separately.
Away in a manger – Celtic woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJb6uOF05Q&feature=related
Karaoke version
The little drummer boy – Sung by Charlotte Church
Click on the web-link at the bottom and sing along with the words in red. You can copy and paste the words onto a Word File and then sing along.
This is the story of a poor boy who wanted to impress a visiting King by giving all he had. The last to perform, dressed in rags, with lack of support, he played his drums letting his soul and spirit create the symphony. The animals heard it, stopped and then honored him with their wagging tails. The people remained hushed and humbled, and the King bowed deeply when the boy finished his performance. The boy was summoned by thje King & was allowed to enter the palace of the King.
Little Drummer Boy
James Pierpont. publ.1857
Come they told me pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring pa rum pum pum pum
That’s fit to give our King pa rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum
So to honor Him pa rum pum pum pum,
When we come.
Baby Jesus pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too,pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give our King pa rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum
Shall I play for you! pa rum pum pum
On my drum.
Mary nodded pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him pa rum pum pum
I played my best for Him pa rum pum pum pum
rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum
Then He smiled at me pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum.
Hello Batchmates,
It would be a 'White Christmas' for quite a lot of you.
I have selected an appropriate song - it's history and its performance - on youtube link.
There are two versions the web-addresses of which I have shown below.
Please click on each of the 'youtube' links at the bottom of the words, separately.
The first link is a beautiful version with the words to sing along with.
I am sure all of you would sing along keeping in pace with the words.
Imagine that you are singing it along with your batchmates.
The second version is even better but there are no words which I am sure you will
know now by heart.
White Christmas !
The song White Christmas is undoubtedly the most famous and popular of all the Christmas songs. The music and lyrics for White Christmas were written by Irving Berlin in 1942 and originally featured in the movie Holiday Inn starring Bing Crosby. The lyrics of White Christmas struck a chord with the soldiers fighting in the Second World War and their families who were waiting for them back home. The song and recording of White Christmas by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers was so popular that it was later reprised in the movie called after its name - White Christmas. The film White Christmas once again starred Bing Crosby together with Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HrAy5xqzOs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOgaTRFbIlg&feature=related
Press the replay button on each link after the first download, to listen to an uninterrupted performance.